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LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL.

HONGKONG FOOTBALL CHALLENGE SHIELD,

THE ITALIAN HOLOCAUST.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

ECHOES FROM EVERYWHERE.

The reports which come by mail give details of the catastrophe which has overtaken the fair Jands of Calabris, Sicily and adjacent felands, The second match in the first round will be cities having practically disappeared under the played on Thursday afternoon at the Happy dreadful havoc wrought by the threefold do Valley between Bus "A" and Buffs "B."structire agencies of the earthquake, the tidal and incorporated M.A. boture has not, so Tests: A-Fitzpatrick; Ruler and Bartlett: wave and the sabanont conflagration. As almost totally destroyed by the Dare, Wren, and Tompsett; Kelly and Brewster; ins Taylor; Drow and Barker. "B"-Consens, earthquake and the following upheaval of the Ireland and Daroy; Cooper, Taylor and Ogilvie; s. The worst damage was done by a vast Kelly and Stiff; Baan: Ruiter and Vincer. wave, which left the whole front of the ton Kick off at 4 p.m. Referee, Gunnor Marsh, facing the son in rains. Fires broke out in As both elevens know how to play, an interest-many parts of the city and added to the ing game should result.

diffenlty of saving the innumerable persons who were buried alive.

As the first round has to be completed by Saturday, other ties will likely be played during the week. The matches to be played are HMS. Monmouth v. H.M.9, Kent

v. H.M.S. Bedford V. RE

Moslem

II.K.F.C.

LEAGUE CRICKET.

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EARTHQUAKES.“

CAUSE AND DISTRIBUTION,

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 1909,

rsome days. Then they suspend them on a triangle and riddle them with small shot. Spices, sange, and chemicals do the rest. XE, ROOSEVELT AS A LECTURER,

PRESBYTERIANS AND CHRISTIANS. deliver the Romanes lectare at Oxford, thehurch of Scotland relating to the observanos Mr. Roosevelt, it is generally known, is to an Act of the General Assembly of the lecture founded by George John Romanos, the of Christmas Day may bo recalled with

Many and various have been the opinions friend of Darwin, a Canadian by birth, educated interest, It has never been ropealed, but

earthquakes. It is, of course, only to be at Cambridge, sometime professor at Edinburgh, is now almost, forgotten. It sujoins that hold, at one time or another, as to the origin of

the University of whatsover person or persons, after the date Oxford. The subject of

sions of Nature should be almost universally far been announced. After his Oxford visit the be found guilty of keeping Indo-day and attr

of this Act (13th February, 1645) should posted that such great and uppalling conval. attributed to supernatural agents. More often President will go to Paris, where he is to lecture other perstitious days, be proceeded against than not it is to the tireless atruggles of some evil and emptive imprisoned for long ages in the great amphitheatre of the Sorbonne on a by Kirk Consures and shall take public re

pentance therefor in the face of the congregation beneath the mountains that these great hearings subject as deeply interesting to Americans Frenchmen, vits, the life and work of General whore the offence is committed; and that Fres of the earth are due. Is not Messing itself Lafayette, a man of whom the French people are byterias and Provincial Synois tako particular built upon the prison of the Titans: Hore it pardonably proud, and to whom the people of

of this kind within the several parishes, and the overlasting mountains, and to this the Great Repablie are under the greatest notice how ministers try and censure delinquents was that Zeus scared them for ever beneath scholars or students being found guilty be very day the great cone of Etna belches obligations.

soverely disciplined and chastised therefor by forth the smoke of their nostrils. In Japan, their master." The Rev. Jacob Trimmer, of it is said. a great catfish is embeded Dundee, who objects to school holidays falling so in the earth. Sixty miles north-east of Tokio can be seen the rock which rests upon its head. But with its tail and body it contrives from time that he has an Act of Assembly behind his

to time to do not a little damage. This earth. shaker reappears in almost all mythologies, one time he is a giant, at another a hog or a mole, or even an elephant. The Kamchatkaus have a story of a hunting god who lives in the great icefields of the Far North. He goes forth at times with gigantic dogs to chase his prey, But they, like all their kind, are often unauyest and bitten by the insects they carry in their sheggy coats. At such times they stay to

THE ORIGIN OF DOMINOES.

The origin of dominoes has been attributed The officers of the torpedo-boat Saffo, which wps anchored off Messina at the moment of the variously to the Greeks, the Chinese, and Jews, catastrophe, relate that enormous waves des but a Paris contemporary has discovered that conded on the vessels, The Austro-Hungarian the everpopular game owes its invention to the torpedo-boat Andrasey and several other vessels Benedictines of Mont Cassin. Two of the order word seriously damaged The quays were swept were sont into lengthy retreat and they hit upou The RG.A, Y.M.C.A., and H.B.S. King by the waves, a thick fog cutered Messina, crios a method of shiling away the spare time with of terror wore heard, and wore succeeded by a out infringing the rules of silence by playing Alfred received byen,

tragic silence. When the

marked.

While perfecting themselves they was nothing but a heap of rose the town with square stanes upon which various dots were

ruins, in the midst of which the wals of the Town-hall alone perfected, or rather evolved, the game, and were appeared standing. The Hotel Trinacria and all the front of the quays were nanihilated. Fiamos were ascending from saverel parts of tho town. The engineer of the landed with sight saamen. Everywhere they the dying asking to be removed found

The from the debris which covered them. Ballors rescued 15 persons from the ruins, bat they had to retreut before desperadoss grexly for booty who were pillaging the ruins of the Bank of Sicily.

Saturday's fixtura ato :----

H.K. "A' 1. Kowloou. H.K. "B"

R.G.A. Telegraphs. Craigengewer v.

Police.

1.

.Civil Service

V.

FUNERAL OF LANCE-SERGEANT

MILLS.

Safo

The remains of Lance-Sergeant H. A. Mills, The dead at Messina include many naval the anfortunate young police officer whose officers. The stenoh there is insupportable and the air is filled with the grasas of unfortunate tragic end was recorded in our last issno, were interred in the Happy Valley Cemetery yoster-persons pinned beneath the wreckage. When the Trinacria Hotel collapsed many women met their death by jumping from the windows.

The authorities are very reticent regarding the energetic stops taken to put down pillage at Messina. The town has been at the mercy of rafians, who certainly had a rich prey. The branch of the Bank of Italy had about 10,000,000f. (£400,000) in its vaults, and the private banks also contained large sums of money.

accustomed to frequently repont when playing the evening realms from Vespers, especially the first, that is Psalm CIX, which begins" Dixit Dominus Domino meo, When the retreat was over the game was soon koown in the convent. Then its fame spread to the village and beyond. Tho verse was reduced to one word, "Domino,

hence the name is wo have received it.

A STRANGE FARM.

One of the strangest farms in the work in situated in Southern California, 265 feet below the level of the sea. The place is known as Salton. It is a salt form of about 1,000 acres. Horo, says the Philadelphia Record, the salt lies, as deposited by nature, from 6inches to 16 inches in depth. The salt farmers are busy harvesting this crop the year round; and though the harvast has continued for over twenty years, during which time more than 40,000 tons of salt have been harvested only 10 of the 1,000 acres of the farm have been worked. The salt is first ploughed up into furrows: it is then thrown into conical piles by men with barrows, after which it is taken to the reduction works near by, and put into marketable condition. The work is done by Mexicans and Chinose, the intense heat being more than Americans cau enduro,

as to include Christmas Day, will now discover

vagaries,

AUSTRALIA AND ORIENTAL IMMIGRATION.

saratch themselves, and by their violent move. ments shake the earth.

Among the ancients the philosophers of Greece were alone in attributing the trembling of the earth to a natural cause. They observed that earthquakes were, more often than not, sooom- panied by volcanic disturbances, made manifest by exhalations of steam and noxious vapours. The result of their observation was a theory of earth movement-if we can call it so very similar to that which Shakespeare puts into the mouth of Hotspur when he says: Diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions: off the teaming earth By the imprisoning of unruly wind Is with a kind of cofic pinched and vexed Within her womb, which fer enlargement atriving

wholly un-Steeples and mose-grown towers..

Shakes the old boldam erth, and tupples down

day afternoon. The funeral was one of the largest known in the Colony for a police officer, and the large and cosmopolitan crowd of mourners who composed the cortege was a testimony to the popularity of the promis ing young officer whose sad and provolod general sympathy. Shortly after five o'clock the funeral passed the monument at Happy Valley, the hoarse, which was laden with wreaths, being followed by a large body of police in full uniform. Following them

nearly Garrison Artillery, of which "docensed bang isolated left the survivors in an awful Brass. There have been dissensions between all the arguments that can be brought against rocks which form the land to-day abound with

Next came formerly been squad of Indian Police, then a body of lukongs, These were followed by a number of Excis Officers, who were succorded by many Chinese

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Royal

AN ACADEMIC QUARBEL.

.

A grave quarrel has arisen between two learned German naturalists, Prof. Haeckel and Prof. them for some time, Prof. Brass has now formu lated his charges against Prof. Haeckel, whom he accuses of falsifying diagrams for the purpose of supporting certain theories in his work, The Problem of Man" Prof. Brass' attack is

Reggio suffered no less severely, and the greater part of the city is in ruins, The Custle the Lycewa, and the magnificent Cathedral are barracks also fell in. compelety wrecked, Thousands perished in the ruins, while the city plight. They were without food or shelter The and they fed naked to the country.. barracks at Mezzaaupo fell sud only 200 of the 800 soldiers were saved. The whole area of the ground below Reggie seemed to have turned covered by the sea. In many places deep the Ages." The quarrel has become so embittered chasms appeared in the streets. Of all the thot the leated world in Berlin is aghast, and villages looking towards Reggio on the coast, a contemporary asks, Tantene animis irre not one has been left standing. Of the cælistibus ? " inhabitants of Reggio, only a few soliliers and citizens seem to have survived.

The Chinaman is insidious, says the Meloqa Panel. In this repeat he is like mercury. He is capable of unstrating the tissues of any ordinary law devised to bar him from Australia's after lands, sand if we have many more object lessons similar to that provided when the Customs officers found treaty Celestials from far Cathay stowed away among the cargo of one of the Eastern steamers, we may expect to find the democracy of the Commonwealth beginning to consider the advisablitity of shipping off Chinese population and establishing ita

With a large hinose absolute prohibition. settlement in every considerable city in which a newcomer is immediately lost, we cannot deui offectively with the Chiname who are smuggled into the country. China has millions and millions of mon to spare, and Australia is still an El Dorado to the Mongol. He turns his greedy, slant eyes in one direc tion because the rewards we offer in return for reasonable industry represent wealth as com pared with the returns a toiler and moiler so, cures in the Flowery Land. So it comes about that while we regard the how us

Nowadays our knowledge of the earth's as a sort of heaven on earth, where wealth is history and of the vast changes which have in desirable, the Chinaman looks upon our country to be won by the simplest effort. It is agreed the past taken place on its surface enables us to that we cannot have the Asiatics amongst us;

arrive at a rather more probable view of the that anything like unrestricted immigration nature of earthquakes. It is now generally well mean rain to the hope of the white recognised that in all parts of the world occu race in this part of the world, and in spite of and land are continually changing places. The severe restriction, that restriction is a polley marine organisms, and must have been formed There are also excellent of absolute wisdom, for it embodies the first-aine organisms

reasons for believing that parts of the oceani Two cladies are opposed to a severe limitation

bed were once dry land, though naturally, the law of nature self defence. of Asiatic immigration, the class seeking chop evidence is not so obvious. The rocks which and a class composed of clergymen and religions

horizontal they are found tilted and folded and people, whose reasons are based on Christian nut found in the position in which they must have of man. We realise, however, that the politice crumpled in every conceivable direction. Some principles and a recognition of the brotherhood been formed on the ocean hed. Instead of being of the latter class, if given free play, would serve how or other the earth's crust must have been only to destroy the advocates and make Australia a Pagan and not a Christian country. If the continually twisted out of shape. It is im- possible not to connect this orumpling of the Commonwealth were thrown open to the surplus earth's surface with the various shocks and millions of Asin the white working population tremors which we class together under the name would be driven out within a generation, and the deposition of the ruling whites would follow certainly as that night follows day. Admitting then that we cannot have the Chinese in inoressing numbers, we have to consider the best methods of At the graduation ceremony at Glasgow

precautions we have relied upon up to now are land costume probably for the first time in the not wholly effective, and may become less an, history of the University. The "Glasgow Chinese are being smuggled into the country Homid," which makes this statement, ought to in large numbers. There are organisations in hins devised to assist Celestials in stealing now but the University obtained its ball but

We are told of hundreds of 37 years after St. Andrews, and the kilt was only into Australia. forbidden after 1745, the Act being repealed false registration papers being produced in later. Be this as it may our contemporary's un-hinese Court during the hearing of a recent heavy to allow of a space being formed, and so laureated laureate than sings the unusual event case. There is money in the business of blockade the erast settles down in wrinkles very like the running with cargoes of Chinese, and no doubt wrinkles in the skin of an apple. Indeed, the men at this end are profiting by the wrinkling of an apple is due to the very same busives America the game of stealing case. For as the apple dries the pulp loses Mongolians into the States was once conducted moisture and consequently contracts-in size, on su extensive scale, and man made fortunes while there is no corresponding decrease in the out of it. The same scheme may work in size of the skin. Australla, and if there is no other effective method of maintaining the white Australis it may yet become a necessity with the Common- wealth Government to take steps to wholly eliminate our yellow population.

A body of native merchants from over, and a grout part of the city was in ruins, contained in a work entitled. The Problem of manual labour, whose reasons are mainly selfsh, constitute the great land masses, however, are į

Youmati and other parts of the Colony next and the rear of the mournful procession was brought up by civilian friends of the deceased.

The large concourse of mourners included the Hon. Mr. F. J. Badeley, Captain-Super- The greater part of the villages on each side intendent of Police, Mr. G. N. Orme, Assistant of the Straits of Messinn were destroyed, and Superintendent, Mr. King, Deputy Superinten-Fossels in the vicinity were considerably damaged. Mark Twain, capital £200.

The actual tims of the earthquake seeme to takes over all the rights to the name "Mark dent, Liont: C. W. Beckwith, R.N., Assistant

The object of Mr. Clemens is to Harbour Master, Mr. 3. R. Wood, Second have been 5.20 on Monday morning. 28th De. Twain.

comber. The first intimation,

to

"MARK TWAIN AS A CO. Mark Twain" (Mr. S. L. Clemens) has incorporated himself at Albany under the name of The Mark Twain ompany, president The company

Police Magistrate, Superintendent Lane of the reports from Catanzaro and by fossed from ensure futare benefits for his family.

Fire Brigade, Chief-Detective Inspector Han-other places, was a prolonged, thunderous noise

GRADUATING IN KILTS:

be

“* earthquake.”

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THREATENED WITH LIFE-LONG AGONY

From Dreadful Humour on Face and Scalp-Under Medical Care for Months-Suffered for 3 Years and Despaired of Cure--Now Well.

CALLS THE CUTICURA

REMEDIES MARVELLOUS

"I suffered for two and a half, I may May three, years from terrible eruptions of the skin and scalɓ. My face was SO broken out and my head was so bad that I could scarcely wash my face or comb my hair. I went to a doctor in Dublin for about three months,, He gave me a lotion and pills, but they proved of no So I came to the con- use whatsoever, clusion that I could not be cured when this doctor's remotes were no good,

"About two years and fivo zaontho after trying his treatment a friend was telling me of the Cutloura Remedies. I got a supply and continued with the treatment for two months when my szín became completely free from any sores.. I must say that only for the mar- vellous Cutloura Remaadies I should have been in agony all my life, and I am deeply grateful to Cuticure. I also know lends who have used Cutlera. Mrs. M. Harney Glen House, Morganstown, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, Ire., Jan. 4, '08." Send to nearest depot for free Cuti- sura Book on Treatment of Skin Diseases.

BABIES ON FIRE

With Torturing, Disfiguring Humours, Cured by Cuticura.

Eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations and chafings are Instantly relieved and

speedily cured, in the majority of cases, by wart bathe with Gutf- ours Soap and gentle applications of Cuti- Jeura Ointment,' the grent Skin Cure. This treatment permite rest and sleep and points to a speedy cure in the most distressing cases, when all else fails. For preserv ing, purifying and beautifying the skin, soap, hair and heads, for sanative, antiseptic cleansing and all purpoBES of the toilet, bath and nursery, Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment are priceless,

Catletra Rakigdies'gro 'kold chioughout if WRITE A Biagio Bet often Cusua, Depola: London, 27. Charterhouse 14. Fare 5 as Auania, R. Form 4 Co. Bydney; fouth Africa Lennon, Ltd, Cape Town, etc. LAAM, Polt Drug & Chaos, Cưrp., Boin Propa., Boston.

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The following list, supplied by Dr. Hamilton IN ERNATIONL OPIUM COMMISSION,

Wright of the America Opium Commission, contains the names of the Commissoners to the International Opinion Commission. The names of the representatives of Parsin and Turkey have not yet been received:

son, Chief Inspector Baker and numerous followed by a vivid flash of lightning and at the University a student was capped in full High Provention. There is strong evidence that the mountain chains. The causes of these move. Sioner). Taotui Lew Yuk-lin, Mr. Tong Kai-son

Police Inspectors.

The pallbearers were Lance-Sergeant

Watt and Edwards, Foley, Fox, Burden, Bremah.

High-up, on the hillside the remains of Ser gent Mills were laid in their last resting place, the impressive funeral ceremony being conduct

ed by the Rev. F. T. Johnson.

and

same time by a series of violent shocks which seemed interminable. Heavy torrential rain then fell for several days. The second shock was at 9:30 in the evening of the same day; but it was less violent in character.

A BURVIVOR'S ACCOUNT.

A fugitive whe landed at Naples, states that just as he was embarking on a ferry boat to go from Messina to Raggio, the shook occurred.

of last Friday

A war aust be handsomoly built. To look really well-in u-kilt.

And some name like Macomorran goes est

with a sporran Yet there's nothing much wrong with the lilt, Of Mardo Mackenzie Macrm. Who showed Gilmorehill yesterday Thit the kitl's most sublime at the moment

of time When a new M.B. C. M.'s intilt.

The level of the water seemed suddenly to Among the numerous mourners who supplied descend till the lorry touched bottom and then wreaths were His Honour Mr. H. H. J. rose to a great hoight again-he says night Gompertz, Captain F. J. Badeley, Deputy garde-harting the ferry boat on the landing. Superintendent King, the Detective Staffs pier, which smashed it to pieces. He made kis Police from all stationN in the way on shore again with great difficulty, finding Jamidars and Sergeants the ferry station and all around it flooded. Colony, Indian Major, Indian Sergeants and Constables, The whole city seemed covered by a dense the sisters of the Government Civil Hoa cloud of dust which made it diffenlt to see, the the staff-sergeants pital,

and sergeants even after the sun rose. Here and there in t of the 88th Co. R.GA, the junior non-com-streets which were not encumbered with fallen

LONDON'S STANDSTILL. missioned officers of the same company and the masonry and in the piazzas were groups of half-

Evidence is constantly noeruing, saya a. Lon. Chiness police, excise officers and fremen.

naked people, wildly onlling for help for their The Tramway Company provided special trans baried families. The municipality and all the don paper, that the grest Metropolis, or the giant wen," as some prefer to call it, is ceasing for the police mourners to return to the city. principal buildings, with the exception of the

Archbishop's Palace, seemed to have fallen, to grow at anything like the same to a for- Some houses wero on fire and still burning when merly. For some time post the bailang trade ho left Messing 40 hours afterwards. Many has been crying out, but this though evidence Now, however, survivors then had begun to pillage the provision of the great fact is too indefinite to be satisfac- shops, as they were in a starving condition, tory to the statistical mind.

the definite pronouncement of the The first help had been brought then on Tuesday Water Board that the building going on, evering by the sailors of the ssian warship.

"MOTHER OF THE NAVY."

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United States of America--(Convenors of rocks are undoubtedly the same that squeeze Wright and Dr. C. D. They

The movements which twist and contort the the Commission)-Bishop Brent, Dr. Hamilton China-H. E. Tuon Fang, (High Commis. those rocks into the great folds which we call

and Dr. Han Wah-ohing (Commissioners), H.E. ments are no doubt complex, and they are

Jui heng and H. E. Tsai Nai-huang (Special the subject of much controversy Commissioners), Messera F. A. Carl, J. L. geologists. But there can be little doubt that Chalmers and Wa Pao-yen (Associate, L- the principal factor is the cooling of the earth. The earth is hotter inside than ontside, and consequently the hot-interior contracts more than the cold exterior. But the exterior is too

An inspection of the earth's crust shows a series of folds not unlike the waves of a ruffled ses. The ridges of these feids are mountain ranges, and the depressions the valleys and plains which separate them. There can be little doubt that all this fokling is only accomplished by strong and persistent pressure, coting through long periods of time. Under each conditions the brittle rocks become plastic and crumple ap into felda like cloth, folda such as can be seen almost any quarry in a limestone district. But it often happens that beds of rock in the process The fold snaps, and the two limba alido oyer one of folding are strained beyond the breaking point. another to form what miners calla "fault" When fracture of this sort occurs earthquake shocks are minor earthquakes" set up. These are the

where mountain building is in process.

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missioners),

France. MM. L. O. Hatard, Brenier and Cornillon.

G.

Germany. Dr. Raesalor and Dr. Pernizsch.

Great Britain.---Sir Ceail Clementi-Smith, Sir Alexander Hoaie, Messrs. Mackenzie King, C. Clementi, Assessor. Jaxies Bennett Brangate, R. Laidlaw, M.P., and

Japan H. E. Tsunezira Miyaoka, Dr. K. Tahara and Dr. T. Takagi.

The Netherlands-Mijnheer A. A. de Jong and Mijnbeer W. G. van Wettam.

Portagal.-Senhor. G. Potier and Com- mendador G. A. B. d'Assumpção.

Russia-Mr. C. Kleimenow. Siam-Phya Sakdi Seni, Laung Visuta Koss and Hira Manas Manit.

LESS DEPRESSION IN THE COTTON TRADE

of that great service, has received a gracious After that arrived a relief corps iron intenis. Jadged by the amount of water supplied, for the business world. Now they are captured which occur from time to time in all districts holiday feeling prevailed, the market was fairly

five

lishes for him and his comrade the soldier in ¦ bers of towns being destroyed, and assistance, order, amongst other things, to provide ing 200 persons, who witness ** moving. is the "volcanic girdle of

London. Many foreign Governments have seat commissions to examine these institutions, with the object of reproducing them abroad.

The text of the King's letter is as follows: Dear Madam.I write by command of the King to send you his Majesty's best thanks for your letter and for the report and copy of your book which accompanied it.

The King further comm. ls me to say that'| nobody is better aware of, more thoroughly appreciates, the great work you have done for the British sailors, and for thoir wives and

sent to carry assistance.

LORD CHARLES BERESFORD'S FUTURE.

is

WEATHER REPORT.

the following report:-

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued On the 25th at 11.45 am-The barometer has fallen considerably at the stations around the Eastern Sex the depression, which is moving towards N.E. to the N.W. of the Loochoos, having become deeper.

The depression lying over the N.E. part of the Sea of Japan yesterday, has moved into the Facific and the barometer has risen moderately over N. Japan.

JAPANESE IN SAN FRANCISCO, Residents of San Francfeco are rubbing their

Just before the Christmas holidays, writes a Manchester correspondent, there was decidedly eyes in surprise at the irresistible onward rush of the Japanese, remarks the Standard earthquake and the fire of April, 1906, huxinesa

Both India and China bayers placed numerous correspondent Directly after the memorable

more doing in cotton piece goods in Manchester. orders for distant delivery. It looks as if they THE KING'S LETTER TO MISS WESTON.

reared to the magnificent boulevard known as Miss Weston, "the mother of the Navy,"

Van Ness-avenne. Slowly the Japanese had

consider there is not much risk in entering into contracts at present rates. Anyway, though a been gotting in the tiho end of the wedge in she has been affectionately called by the seamen

Van Ness, and have taken long leases on many

active in certain sections. Yarn in American letter from his Majesty the King, expressing He also could not believe that the survivors that purposes, has been throughout this year, and not in this month only, only two-thirds of would number more than a quarter of the

Bat there are tracts of the earth where kinds was in improved demand. Spinners were his warm sympathy with her work."

the average, while the number of empty houses of the big business premises. Fillmorestreet, the general business centre of the city, is now

tremendous upheavals are constantly occurring net difficult to deal with, and cloth manufacturers Througli ber nutiring energy, and devation, population.

is half as much again as it used to be. This is

nable to resist the onslanghts of the Japanese INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, at Portsmouth Devonport two palatial

volcanio nasrciated with

activity. There several weeks to come. Quite a change of tone Italian, British and Rassina sailors laboured partly owing to the fact that "Londoners "rests" have be built for the men of the.

Hoet to be lines of weakness prevailed after the holidays. Royal Navy, where they can obtain bedrooms heroically to rescue the inhabitants from their further afield, outside the Water Board area, merchants. During the mouth of December and in such districte earthquakes are always were in the mood to anticipate their wants for

greatest of thems

the Pacific. and all the comforts of a club when on shore living tombs or from the attacks of the envelop. partly to the constantly declining birth rate. twenty or thirty large shops have been leased by a

Troops were speedily dispatched which every year beats the record, and in no Orientals. Now a most remarkable development The "rests," in fact, to for the sailor at the ing dames.

niokelodeons," which are small theatres,

Any map of the Pacific Ocean will show the mar naval ports what the Union Jack Club accomp. to 'alabria, which also suffered dreadfully, num. email measure to the heavy rates levied, in se occurred. San Francisco is noted for its the earth's crust. The

paistial workhouses. Owing to these rates,

exhibitions for a nickel (24d.) antranes. In gins of the two Continents America and Asia. at West Ham poured in from all sources, by land and rea.

The British waralupe lying at Syracuse, im. manufactures

rates, ship these nickelodeons feeling against the Japanese Down the Pacific coastline of America thers mediately on receipt of the news. Miled for further afield. Owing to these rates, ship is always strong. Disgusted at sach treatment, a long bolt of volcanoes, and the coastal districte of earthquake shocks. The San Francisco and Messing, after embarking many doctors from builders are moving from Popular to the

A Clyde, where they pay less than half on this a Japanese syndicate, composed of promininent are cubject from time to time to the most violent recent examples. Syracuse who volunteered their services,

On the Asian side are the volcances of Kam Russian squadron also sailed from Augusta, account, The migration of firme is also cansed Japanese citizene of San Francisco, has been

in part by the strange lethargy and indifference organised for the purpose of erecting a model Valparaiso earthquakes are and every available ship in the Italian novy was

to its own interests that seems to flost in the theatre where the best of Japanese plays will be

It will a magnificent structure, chatka and Japan, and farther south thoss of the Pacific Islands. Altogether they form a air of London. On the banks of the lyde produced. railway facilities are volunteerd; on the bank of situated on the borders of the Oriental (Chinese) the Thames they are refused. The canny Scots quarter of the city, and will cost over £10,000. terrestrial ring of fire along which violent earth- too, make no charge to shipbuilders for pilos and Frescoes illustrating epocha of the Japanese quakes are constantly occuring. This line of great earthfold, of which the great children also, than bis Majesty is, and he thanks If the vacancy amongst Admirals of the Fleet building blocks. Similar differences of trest drama, from its origin, will form some of the weakness is due, many geologists believe, to the mountain chains of Amerien and Asia form the you sincerely for the same.

that will occur as a consequence of the retirement might be repeated ad aanaram. London decorations. Here, the Japanese can take their fact that the Pacific Ocean occupies the depres crest. In the middle of this gigantic fold, they I am, by the King's command, sending you a ment of Lord Walter Kerr next September be has grown toe unwieldy to have concern for the pleasure free from American jibes.

say, in a great plane of weakness which corres- Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending signed photograph of his Majesty, which be filled, saya the Fall Wall Gazette, it will well-being of all its corners.

ponds with the volcanic coastlines of the Con-at 10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches. wishes you to accept as a small tokem of his give Lord Charles, Beresford a better chance Racehorses have often changed hands at

A London telegram to the Daily Press, tinents. Here the same sort of fracture and

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon gratitude to you for your noble services. I am of ranching the highest rank in the Nary

at the same time his Majesty's fervant But Lord Walter Kerr was ▷pecially promoted. I absurd prices; but, so far as we know the copper month ago, reported that the Scottish express faulting" takes place as in the case of inland

to-day is as follows:-

N. winds, hope that you may yet be long spared to your and the gap caused by his retirement may not coin said to have been given a few days ago by

The Mediterranean depression seems to be Hongkong & Neighbourheul, fresh: fine. country to carry out the great work to which be filled. In the April of 1910, Admiral of Mr. C. A. Hartley for the four-year-old daugh-had been embedded in the snow for twenty-eight mountain districts, but on a gigantic scale.

another sxample of the same sort of thing. It Formosa Channel

Same as No. 1 the Fleet Bir E. H. Seymour must retire ter of an Oaks winner constitutes a record in hours. The latest mail brings particulars. The you Lave given so many years of your life.

equine cheapnees. The celebrated Highland train was embedded at Drumlithie near Laurence- nader the age olanse, and this will give Laddie, though he was brought from the shafts kirk overtwenty miles from Aberdeen. Seventy is a backle in the great land surface that Admiral Sir A. D. Fanshawe a step upward. of. D Supposing matters to run a normal course, and Captain Machell paid £19 for Deadlock, provisions, were short. Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse. Loza Charles Beresford will have the hard luck ; and 58 cost £21 14s. (roughly 6d. a pound) men were engaged in the work of resone, and stretches, otherwise unbroken, from the Cape of Bouth coast of China between same as No. 1.

The plight of the passengers was a pitiful one. of just missing the much-coveted promotion to dam of the great Isinglass, Peep o' Day, who

in the earth's crust, a line that stretches roughly Admiral of the Fleet.

east seventy-five guineas, was, later, bought by Fortunately food was obtainable on board, but that here, too, there is a great äne of weakness South coast of China between Same as No. 1. In that case, both he and Sir John Fisher the Duke of Hamilton for fifteen times that the supply was running short when relief care. along she northern coast of the sea. Along this. will leave the service within a few weeks of each enm; a half-share in Florence once realisel to; The passengers stated that exorbitant charges line are situated the volcanic islands of the LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Sir John Fisher reaches the retiring Salamander was gladly parted with for £35; were demanded for food, 2s. being asked for a

five-pound note bought Bevis from William cup of tea and a couple of sandwiches. The mediterranean and the volumes of Bouth Italy and Sicily. 1 is along this line of weakness As the result of the voting last week, the age on January 25, 1911, and Lord Charles Day, and fifty gainons was the price paid for journey was continued, but at the Bridge of that most of the great European earthquakes following new Councillors were elected :-- Beresford reaches it on February 10 of the same Rover, whose son, St. Clation, after his memor. Dan the train dashed into a heavy wreath sud have occurred, any here, too, has taken place this

year. However, should Ford Charles berpecially able dead-heat with Harvester for the Derby, again stack fost.

latest catastrophe which has overwhelmed promoted-and there is precedent for

Messina. It seems as though along these great will be able to remain on the active list until was purchased for £15,000.

volcanic belts earthquakes of this sort must con- 1916. It will be rather curious if the two "gchools" into which the officer of the Britisk According to a Paris contemporary, although

tinually happen, and perhaps the only safe way Navy are divided are thus left headless at the quails are very scarce, yet there is no paucity of

to avoid disaster of the kind that has so recently Maxde time. During 1909 five admirals will have the birds in the restaurants. Not only quails,

overtaken San Francisco and Messina is to shun to retire. Probably several others will do sobat other birds are faked. This is how the decep.

those districts of the earth. That, however, voluntarily, so that the senior captains have a tion is carried out. The fakers take some young

would be an heroie remedy and one not likely to 262 be taken.-London Daily Telegraph. good prospect before them in the coming year. chicke seven or eight days old and fatten them

I rominin, doar madam,

Yours faithfully,

D. M. PROBYN, General,

Sandringham, December 23rd, 1908.

FRENCH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

AT SHANGHAI

French :--

M. Paturel......

M. Marthond.

.133 votea.

.104

M. Jourdan ..... 86

Non-French:

Mr. L. Camera...133

N. Dyer....132

The remaining three t'ouncillors are Moses. Dowdell, Eckardt and Madier, who retain their seats from the outgoing Council

other.

THE FRICE OF RACE HORIES.

FAKED QUAILS.

28 HOURS IN A SNOWDRIFT.

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sion of

Good Hope to Archangel And it would appear

Pressure is highest over the Upper Yangtze. Fresh N. winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel and along the northern shores of the China Ses.

Hongkong and Lamocks,

Hongkong and Hainan....

The I.G.M. str. P. E. Friedrich luft Shunghai. on the 34th inst. at 8 a.m., and may be expected. here to-day at 5 pm.

The I.G.M. st. Prinz Waldemar which left here on the 31st alt, has arrived at Sydney Saturday, the 23rd instant at 10 am.

The C.F.E. str. Empress of Japan-left Yoko hams at 1 p.m. on Sunday the 25th inst., for Victoria and Vancouver.

The Indo-China str. Laisang left Calcutta for this port via the Straite on 23rd inst., and may be expected bure on or about 8th prox.